Then Things Went Dark

A Novel

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Pub Date Aug 27 2024 | Archive Date Aug 31 2024
SOURCEBOOKS Landmark | Sourcebooks Landmark

Description

For fans of Rachel Hawkins with a salacious reality show edge, Then Things Went Dark follows a cast of hot-headed contestants competing to prove themselves to an audience of millions...but with eyes following you everywhere, how can you hide your motive to kill?

The first episode is waiting...are you ready to watch?

No murder has ever had more witnesses…

Six people land on a desert island ready to make their reality show debut. The contestants are suitably glamorous and dramatic – and they're also hungry to prove themselves. The stakes are high and with millions of viewers watching, losing is not an option. But three weeks and eighteen episodes later, five of the six contestants sit in a Portuguese police station, and none of them are winners. 

Because twelve million people were watching when Rhys Sutton died on camera, and someone must pay for the crime.

The best friend, the rival, the girlfriend, the lover, and the sworn enemy are left standing. And of course, no-one is talking. But how do you keep secrets when the world has been watching? Especially when, just a day before his murder, Rhys was the most hated man on television.

For fans of Rachel Hawkins with a salacious reality show edge, Then Things Went Dark follows a cast of hot-headed contestants competing to prove themselves to an audience of millions...but with eyes...


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Suspenseful and twisty! Loved then premise of a reality TV show mixed with a little murder. Recommend to fans of the genre!

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A train wreck I couldn’t peel my eyes away from. I loved how trashy reality tv and a murder mystery were joined to create a great book. The characters were both simultaneously likable and hated. Had a fun amount of romance and the perfect amount of drama.
I loved the social media aspects at the end of each chapter to see how their “real world” was perceiving their actions.
The ending gave me all the answers I needed but I felt like it didn’t give me what I wanted. I also was confused why the cops had a romantic relationship it really didn’t add to the overall of the story.
Overall will be highly recommending this book to all.

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Reality show gone wrong! Six typical reality show contestants (washed up celebrities looking to revamp their careers and get famous again) are left on a deserted island while America watches. Rhys quickly becomes the villain on the show, and then dies. The remaining five contestants all find themselves as suspects. I liked that the book was written in different formats ( present day, social media posts, confessionals, investigative information). I felt the different formats made the book fly by!

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Ready to read? Question everything.

Rhys is dead. A moment that was live-streamed by millions. Now, the network that was filming the reality show he and 5 other contestants were competing in are getting ready to air the final episode. If a crime took place, detectives must prove it in order to prevent AHX from airing it. If the public sees the episode, there won’t be a single person that could be involved in a jury that would be unbiased.

Each contestant is held in solitary as they are questioned and no one is confessing. Each icon has a motive. Who wanted Rhys dead the most?

I loved the way this was written. We are taken through the present during the investigation and then we view each episode as the detectives research. What better way to solve a murder than to watch as much cctv as possible? And the crew had cameras hidden everywhere. The group of contestants were chosen to tick off all the boxes. And to annoy the absolute crap out of each other. So many secrets are uncovered. Can any of what happens on the island be real? Is it all a publicity stunt?

I did want a little more on the detectives. I was so involved with the story line of the island and the episodes that the detectives bit was so much less important.

I can absolutely see this as a tv show. Netflix? Hulu?

Thank you to Bea Fitzgerald, Sourcebooks and NetGalley for the ARC. I really enjoyed reading this one!

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10/10 Amazing! I enjoyed this book a lot honestly! Bea Fitzgerald has slowly become an autobuy author, and I was so lucky to get an ARC Copy of this book! I loved the book's writing style and the plot was super interesting! The premise of 24/7 filming plus the incorporation of police interviews is fantastic!

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